Estelle Erika Ainee Alphand (born 23 April 1995) is a French-born Swedish alpine skier, who competes in all events. She was born in Briançon, France, and is the daughter of former alpine skier and rally driver Luc Alphand. She has represented Sweden since the beginning of the 2018 season, having previously competed for France.
Biography Alphand, whose mother Anna-Karin is Swedish, began competing in her first FIS races at the age of 15. In January 2011, she won her first competition at this level: an alpine combined in Tignes, France. A month later, she made her World Junior Championships debut. In February 2011, she entered the European Cup, concluding her first season by becoming the French junior slalom champion. At the first Youth Winter Olympic Games in February 2012 in Innsbruck, Alphand won three medals: gold in super-G and silver in both giant slalom and super combined.
During the following two winters, Alphand mostly competed in the European cup, where she first appeared on the podium after a super combined in Kvitfjell in December 2012. Her first appearance in the World Cup was in a giant slalom in Ofterschwang in March 2013. Her best result in the World Junior Championships was when she finished in 4th place in the downhill in Lillehammer in 2015. Alphand won her first World Cup points on 24 November 2015, finishing 21st in a giant slalom in Aspen.
During the 2016–2017 season Alphand reached World Cup points only once, after which she fell out of the French national team. She then asked the French federation to allow her to compete for Sweden instead. After short negotiations, she left France and has been a member of the Swedish team since the 2018 season. Changing teams proved to be a good decision and Alphand soon advanced to starting positions at top-30 in both slalom and giant slalom. On 28 December 2017 she was 5th in the World Cup slalom of Lienz, and thereby reached her best World Cup finish.
While representing Sweden at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2021, she was part of the Swedish team that earned a silver medal in the combined men's and women's team competition.
World Cup results Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombinedParallel 2016 20 98 — 41 — — 47 rowspan=4 2017 21 114 — 46 — — — 2018 22 33 21 19 — — — 2019 23 102 45 — — — — 2020 24 58 43 20 — — — 20 2021 25 100 — 53 47 — rowspan=6 — 2022 26 79 — 34 — — 21 2023 27 68 — 25 — — rowspan=4 2024 28 83 44 42 — — 2025 29 47 34 19 — — 2026 32 54 36 23 — —
Top-ten finishes
0 podiums; 7 top tens Season Date Location Discipline Place2018 28 December 2017 Lienz, Austria Slalom 5th6 January 2018 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 10th7 January 2018 Slalom 8th23 January 2018 Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom 7th2020 15 December 2019 St. Moritz, Switzerland Pararllel slalom 9th2025 25 March 2025 Sun Valley, United States Giant slalom 9th2026 6 December 2025 Tremblant, Canada Giant slalom 7th
World Championship results SeasonAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombinedTeamcombinedParallelTeam event 2021 25 — 24 31 — DNF2 rowspan=2 13 2 2023 27 — 26 — — — 16 — 2025 29 — 20 — — — 3
Olympic results SeasonAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillCombinedTeamcombined 2018 22 DNF2 16 — — — 2026 30 — 27 — — —
References
External links
Estelle Alphand at Milano Cortina 2026